Communication and

Language

The children will be able to
maintain attention, concentrate
and sit quietly during appropriate
activities.
Children will understand why
and how questions.

Knowledge of the World

Children will look closely at
similarities, differences, patterns
and change.
The children will be able to
complete a simple program on a
computer.

Personal, Social and
Emotional Development

The children will be aware of
their own feelings, and know
that some actions and words
can hurt others feelings.
The children will take steps to
resolve conflicts with other
children eg, finding a
compromise.

Literacy
Children will be able to
describe main story settings,
events and principal
characters.
Children will be able to blend
and also segment sounds in
simple words.
The children will use some
clearly identifiable letters to
communicate meaning,
representing some sounds
correctly and in sequence.
Characteristics of Effective Learning

Playing and Exploring
Engages in open-ended activitiy.
Showing particular interests.

Active Learning
Not easily distracted.
Paying attention to details.

Creating and Thinking Critically
Making links and noticing patterns in
their experience.
Planning, making decisions about how
to approach a task, solve a problem and
reach a goal.
Mathematics

The children will know that
numbers identify how many
objects are in a set.
The children will be able to
represent numbers using
fingers, marks on paper or
pictures.
Physical Development

Children will be able to move
freely and with pleasure and
confidence in a range of
ways, such as slithering,
shuffling, rolling, crawling,
walking, running, jumping,
skipping, sliding and hopping.
Begin to form recognisable
letters.

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Expressive Arts and Design

The children will notice what
adults do, imitating what is
observed and then doing it
spontaneously when the
adult is not there.
Children will explore and
learn how sounds can be
changed.
Our Reception Autumn 2 2014 Learning Journey